Added: Aug 20, 2008
From: nlcnet
Duration: 8:38
In the global economy, corporations demand enforceable laws - intellectual property and copyright laws - backed up by sanctions to protect their products. However, when we ask these same companies, "Can't we also protect the rights of the 16-year-old who made the product?," the companies respond: "No. That would be an impediment to free trade!" Young garment workers in Bangladesh share their experiences working for companies like Disney and Wal-Mart. This is a continuation of the Hidden Face of Globalization part II. For more information please go to: www.nlcnet.org
Channel: Nonprofit
Tags: bangladesh commitee face free globalization hidden labor national nlc of trade wal-mart zone
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demexii1 Says:
Dec 24, 2008 - These are subcontractors. Walmart and Disney pay a contractor for the goods, it really are the owners of the factories that are doing these mean things. They sign a contract that they will follow the rules set by the company but ignore them.
davidmesaaz Says:
Jan 2, 2009 - Poverty existed in poor countries long before Walmart came to town. Walmart Nike pay higher wages than native locally owned industries. This puts pressure on native companies to pay higher wages, better benefits and working conditions or lose their workers to walmart. If the foriegn corporations left it would leave a lot of angry unemployed workers. Native corporations wouldn't have any competition or reason to increase their wages. The wages for the worlds poor would decrease and not increase.
befranklintoo Says:
Oct 27, 2008 - Indeed it is true. but the beating comes from the local staff who get the buck from Wmart